y***r
发帖数: 16594 | 1 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made $
42.7 million over the past two years and paid $6.2 million in taxes,
according to documents released Tuesday by his campaign.
Romney and his wife, Ann, filed a joint 1040 reporting $21.7 million in 2010
income and $3 million in federal taxes. They also said their 2011 income
was $21 million and tax bill was $3.2 million.
Over the two years, Romney's effective tax rate -- the percentage of his
income that he owed in federal income taxes -- was just under 14%.
Nevertheless, and contrary to popular perception, Romney's effective federal
income tax rate is still above that of many Americans -- 80% of whom have
an effective rate below 15%. That tax rate is higher when other federal
taxes -- such as the payroll tax -- are included.
The reason Romney's rate is so low -- despite having one of the highest
incomes in the country -- is because his income was derived almost entirely
from capital gains and dividends from his extensive portfolio of investments
. And that form of investment income is typically taxed at just 15%, well
below the 35% top tax rate for high earners.
Another reason: He had extensive itemized deductions, which lowered his
overall tax liability.
How rich are the candidates?
A big part of those deductions were charitable contributions.
Romney and his wife, Ann, gave away more than $7 million over the past two
years -- or about 16% of their income. Of that, $4.1 million went to the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to which they belong.
Romney has been under pressure for weeks by questions of whether and when he
would release his tax returns.
The Romney campaign released more than 500 pages of tax documents on Tuesday
, including estimates for 2011. The returns were prepared by accounting
giant PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Romney campaign said.
Newt Gingrich, his main rival for the GOP nomination, last week revealed his
2010 tax form. He made $3.2 million and paid an effective tax rate of 31%.
Opponents said voters deserved to know early if there were any financial
issues that could put the presumptive nominee's bid for the White House in
jeopardy.
Romney, whose financial disclosure form puts his net worth as high as $264
million, is one of the wealthiest candidates in history to seek the U.S.
presidency.
On a call with reporters Tuesday, Romney campaign advisers pushed back
against reports that Romney had sought to avoid taxes by putting some of his
money in the Cayman Islands.
Brad Malt, a Washington lawyer who serves as trustee of the Romneys' blind
trusts, said Romney pays all U.S. taxes on income from the trusts' foreign
investments. Further, he said Romney has no role in choosing how the blind
trusts invest his money.
"The blind trust investments in the Cayman funds are taxed exactly as if Gov
. Romney owned his share of the funds in the United States," Malt said. To
top of page | l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 2 Romney就是牛逼. 2年能赚这么多钱, 要是疤蟆有这个水平吗? | y***r
发帖数: 16594 | 3 晕。就是因为他赚钱太多，大家才觉得他不是99%呀。
其实选民真糊涂，没有一个总统候选人是99%的。
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: Romney就是牛逼. 2年能赚这么多钱, 要是疤蟆有这个水平吗?
| l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 4 这个99%的讲法本来就是扯蛋,为什么是99%? 不是98%? 95%?
我记得SC有人问过Romney, Romney回答是为什么要把American分成两类.
【在 y***r 的大作中提到】
: 晕。就是因为他赚钱太多，大家才觉得他不是99%呀。
: 其实选民真糊涂，没有一个总统候选人是99%的。
| y****t
发帖数: 10233 | 5 哈,看来海外避税,
又被证明是左媒的造谣了.
2010
federal
【在 y***r 的大作中提到】
: NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made $
: 42.7 million over the past two years and paid $6.2 million in taxes,
: according to documents released Tuesday by his campaign.
: Romney and his wife, Ann, filed a joint 1040 reporting $21.7 million in 2010
: income and $3 million in federal taxes. They also said their 2011 income
: was $21 million and tax bill was $3.2 million.
: Over the two years, Romney's effective tax rate -- the percentage of his
: income that he owed in federal income taxes -- was just under 14%.
: Nevertheless, and contrary to popular perception, Romney's effective federal
: income tax rate is still above that of many Americans -- 80% of whom have
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